Improvement in platforms for stoves



W. WESTLAKEK Platform for Stoves.

- No. 128,442 Patented June 25,1872.

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WILLIAM WESTLAKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLATFORMS FOR STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,442, dated June 25, 1872.

I, WILLIAM WESTLAKE, of the city of Chicago, Oook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Platforms for Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, a vertical section. Fig.3 shows avariation; Fig. 4, same as 3, excepting the metal. Fig. 5 shows the metal ready to receive the wood.

My present invention is an improvement on the zinc boards or platforms for stoves, for which Letters Patent have been heretofore granted to me and it consists in making the metal portion of the platform in two pieces and securing them to the wood portion, as described. I am thus enabled to use a cheap metal for the central portion, which, when japanned, as it may be, presents a desirable contrast with the outer portion.

In the drawing, a represents the central part of the metal covering, and b is the outer portion. As shown, a is round, but it may be oval. The wood portion of the platform may be made, as shown in Fig. 2, 0 being a thin piece of board secured to the part d, which may consist'of several pieces; or, it may be made of one piece, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5.

The former construction is the most ornamental, the latter is the cheapest. The covering 1) of the edge of the platform is spun from a large sheet of zinc, and the central part is then out out, and the. piece so cutout can be used as a covering for a smaller-sized board or platform, and the part a must be a little larger than the piece so cut out. a is held in place by the flange f ;-and the wood portion of the platform is held in place by the flange g, which is spun down over the wood. Thus the several parts a 0 d are held together by the flanges f g of the part b without nails or other fastening. In Fig. 5, the metal is shown ready to receive the wood 0, the central part of the metal not having been out out. For stoves which have but'little heat at the base, the part a might be made of oil-cloth, forming a highly ornamental platform; but for safety it is better to make this part of metal.

What I claim as new is as follows:

As amimproved article of manufacture, the platform for stoves, herein described, consisting of the parts a b, with an interior support of wood or other suitable material, the part a, and the interior support being held together and in place by the flanges f g of the part b, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

: WILLIAM WESTLAKE.

Witnesses: E. A. WEST, O. W. BOND. 

